On Jul 1, 10:50 pm, Gregg Reynolds <d...@mobileink.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:59 PM, James Keats <james.w.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ... > > > Whereas when Steve Yegge writes: > > Who?
Indeed. I'm not wishing this to be a personal attack on Steve Yegge, but a fair and justified re-examination; if people are going to use their heavyweight-sounding "name" to wield influence upon others, it's fair and justified to ask what's behind that name. I have been aware of Steve Yegge for many years; pseudo-literary and pseudo-humorous "rants" that might be of interest to a programmer's cabinet of curiosities, but that I've not had the luxury of time to indulge in reading, preferring to devote mine to meatier topics. I have not learned anything of note from Steve Yegge. His name seems to be associated lately with Javascript, but whereas I've learnt a lot from those folks, the likes of Stoyan Stefanov (perhaps my personal favourite of those folks), Doug Crockford and John Resig, the one time I felt compelled to read a Steve Yegge writing was when he was referenced in the Joy of Clojure regarding his so-called "universal design pattern". What a poorly written piece of crap that was, there was nothing new in it (Javascript's literal syntax is well documented in much better writings, and in Steve Yegge's article it was burried in a bunch of mind-numbing nonsense). I believe it'd be better for the Clojure core notables, whom I have a deep respect for, to suggest Haskell and RDF/OWL as better resources for understanding Clojures types/protocols. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
